Justice minister says protest at his home over Israel-Hamas war crossed a line
Justice Minister Arif Virani says protesters who took their cause to his home over the weekend crossed a line.
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Liberals accuse Poilievre of planning to override charter rights with notwithstanding clause
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of seeking to override constitutional rights following comments he made to the Canadian Police Association on Monday.
N.S.A. Disclosure of U.S. Identities in Surveillance Reports Nearly Tripled in 2023
The number of times the National Security Agency identified Americans or U.S. entities last year in intelligence reports containing information from a high-profile warrantless surveillance program nearly tripled from 2022, the government disclosed on Tuesday.
Education Secretary Calls Antisemitism on Campuses ‘Abhorrent’ and ‘Unacceptable’
Education Secretary Miguel A. Cardona said on Tuesday that the threats against Jewish students reported at Columbia and other colleges were “abhorrent” and that his department would continue to pursue more than 130 investigations into complaints of harassment.
For Trump, a $9,000 rebuke and a stern warning
For the entirety of his unorthodox political career, and for decades before in the hype-friendly confines of New York City real estate, Donald Trump’s gift for gab has always been an advantage. Quick with a joke — or a jab — he proved irresistible to innumerable reporters, and millions of voters, who devoured his untrammeled style of slash-and-burn rhetoric.
Addiction a ‘health-care crisis’ as B.C. eyes public drug use ban: minister
Federal Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the government remains “wholeheartedly committed” to working with British Columbia as the premier wants to scale back the province’s drug decriminalization exemption.
Quebec to invest $603M to protect French language. Critics say province has it all wrong
As Quebec says it will “go on the offensive” to protect French, announcing a whopping $600 million over five years on Sunday, some critics say the data the government is using lacks some nuance and that the province is “policing the private sphere.”
Kansas has new abortion laws while Louisiana may block exceptions to its ban
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share new patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while in Louisiana bills to loosen its restrictive ban face an uphill battle, thanks to Republican supermajorities in both Legislatures.